We kick off our new collaboration series with an ep from Isnaj Dui & Karina ESP titled Slow Forms. The goal for the series is to get two different artists on our roster to put their heads together to have some fun and do what they love best. Each release will be a numbered, limited edition 3″ CDr 150 copies including a download code too.

Isnaj Dui is Katie English, based in North London, UK. Her work in the past has graced labels such as Home Normal, Smallfish, Rural Colours and her own imprint FBox Records. With a history of recording and musical study that spans back to 1995, Katie’s current sound is characterised by her use of flute, particularly the bass flute. This is generally a rarely used instrument but is used frequently throughout her work as a defining feature. Add to this a few home-made instruments and electronics and you have the very distinctive sound of Isnaj Dui, a project that has been active since 2004.

Karina ESP is the solo recording project of Chris Gowers. Centered around exploring guitar-based textures, recordings vary between slowly formed melancholic ambient, experimental drones and blurred melodies. Karina ESP has been released on a number of labels including Morc Records, Hibernate, Airborne Virus and Evelyn, and has played live in venues across Europe and the UK, sharing the stage with Jessica Bailiff, Tara Jane O’Neil, Wouter van Veldhoven, Drekka and Plinth. Ongoing collaborations have also come to fruition, resulting in releases with Caught In The Wake Forever, Isnaj Dui and Circle Bros. Chris Gowers is also active performing, writing and recording with the bands Signals and Rome Pays Off, and runs The Remains Of My Estate record label.

Released June 2012

Credits:

Isnaj Dui: flute, bass flute, glockenspiel, dulcimer, tuning fork, effects
www.soundcloud.com/isnaj-dui

Karina ESP: electric guitar, Spanish guitar, e-bow, violin bow, effects
www.facebook.com/KarinaESPband

Mastered by F. McGowan